June 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have
unusual price changes in Japanese trading today. Stock
symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the
latest close. The information in each item was released after
markets shut, unless stated otherwise.

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270 JT): The automaker,
which produces Subaru cars, may report a record operating
profit of about 45 billion yen ($487 million) in North
America, Nikkei English News reported, without saying how it
got the information. The stock jumped 6 percent to 529 yen.

Honda Motor Co. (7267 JT): Japan’s second largest
carmaker will restart most car production in China today
after workers ended a walkout at a parts plant, the company
said. The stock increased 4.3 percent to 2,829 yen.

Japan Drilling Co. (1606 JT): The offshore drilling
contractor signed a contract with Daewoo International Corp.
(047050 KS) of South Korea to do excavation work at Sittway
offshore in Myanmar. The order is estimated at about 3.8
billion yen, Japan Drilling said in a release. Japan Drilling
rose 0.2 percent to 3,280 yen.

Kourakuen Corp. (7554 JT): The noodle shop operator said
May sales at its 392 direct-run restaurants open at least 13
months fell 0.3 percent from the same month a year earlier,
dragged down by a drop in sales per customer. The sales last
month fell, reversing from the previous month’s 1.6 percent
gain. The stock rose 1.2 percent to 1,229 yen.

Mitsubishi Corp. (8058 JT): The trading company is
considering mining lithium, which is used in electric-car
batteries, in Argentina, the Asahi newspaper reported, citing
the Tokyo-based trading house. The stock climbed 1.4 percent
to 1,982 yen.

Pigeon Corp. (7956 JT): The maker of baby-care products
said first-quarter net income advanced to 464 million yen
from 358 million yen a year earlier, helped by lower
materials costs. The stock increased 0.7 percent to 3,020 yen.

Sagami Chain Co. (9900 JT): The noodle restaurant chain
said its first-quarter net loss widened to 483 million yen
from a year earlier, as sales dropped by 14 percent. The
stock advanced 2.4 percent to 559 yen.